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Preserving your child’s sports memories: easy as 1-2-3

There are lots of creative, fun ways to do this. Pick something, please.

Don’t let the seasons go by without intentionally remembering them. Someday you will discover that it is so fun to go back and look at visible reminders of all those years of sports: big wins, small victories, tough defeats, tears, laughter, friends made, road trips, and personal achievements.

I regret that I did not track more of it with my three kids.

Kid Sports Memories

There are many ways to go about this and I have just discovered one more way that I love and would have used if it had been around when my kids were younger. It’s called Kid Sports Memories and using it to design your child’s personal sports card is as easy as 1-2-3.

Choose from 26 templates and if you don’t see what you want, they will work to find a template for you.

Choose your color and any picture–action or posed.

Ask to see a proof before the card is printed.

Make the seasons last forever

You may find, as I did over the years, that there are some seasons you would rather forget. You know…terrible coach, selfish players, crazy parents. But the one thing you will want to remember in each season is the bright spots: your child’s friends, accomplishments, victories, achievements, skill growth. All those things that make you proud as a parent.

Print a few cards for each season; save a few for the scrap books, give out a few to family, put one on the fridge, put one in your wallet. If it was me starting all over again, I would print a few cards each season and mount one in a special place–maybe a bulletin board or hallway wall. It is so fun to watch how your child grows and changes over the years.

I did that with my kids’ class photos each year and now I have three large frames with all 12 years’ worth of class photos, one from each year. I love looking at them and seeing how my kids grew up over the years.

Choosing something like Kid Sports Memories allows you to pick a consistent way to remember each season.

Looking for a way to raise funds for your kids’ team?

Kid Sports Memories also offers an opportunity to partner with your league to help raise money for the teams and players. There is ZERO cost or risk involved for the league. In the end the league ends up with a donation to help with equipment, uniforms or whatever else is needed.

Yes, this is a paid review. But I stand by my promise to only review products that I think will help sports parents and their children have a better experience in youth sports.

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Comments

Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea with us. Frankly, I didn’t think that my daughter’s basketball matches will be such wonderful memories over the years.
P.S. I don’t care that this is a paid review as long it share good advice.

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Meet Janis B. Meredith

I am a youth sportsparenting blogger, podcaster, and parent coach. I help busy and often overwhelmed sports parents by providing resources to guide them as they strive to give their children a positive and growing youth sports experience.